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According to media accounts, there is some movement on the state budget, and it sounds like a bad deal for taxpayers: “Under the preliminary deal, state spending would rise to $30.7 billion, up about 6 percent from last year’s approved budget. It would be boosted by about $500 million in slot-machine gambling revenue that is currently passed along to homeowners as school property tax cuts. That money would be diverted into a restricted account to pay for public school employee pension obligations. Read More

The PA Liberty Alliance has been one of the more effective leaders in the fight to see PA School Property Taxes eliminated through SB/HB 76. The problem has been opposition to the bill from unions who make donations to our elected officials. But the PA Liberty Alliance has found ways to turn some of those politicians around. The Alliance is composed of people from a number of Taxpayer, Tea Party/Patriot groups. They lobby the politicians for passage of 76. When they find an elected official not on board, they rally the forces and visit the politician’s district to educate the people on the benefits of 76, circulate petitions in support of 76 and finally set up a town hall meeting for the people to

My Knights of Columbus council volunteers to work at the Kennedy House soup kitchen to feed the homeless. At our meeting last night we were informed that anyone who volunteers there must now watch a government video detailing how not to be unkind to the homeless, and sign a roster signifying that this has been done.

What resulted in this decision? Was there a sudden outbreak of unkindness to the homeless at Kennedy House? No, actually just showing up to work there is an act of kindness toward the homeless. It turns out that the federal government subsidizes Berks County’s food bank. The nuns of Kennedy House receive food for the homeless and poor from the food bank. And, wherever there is federal

The Right to determine Social Norms … The recent Supreme Court decision forcing states to recognize Gay Marriage across state lines has created quite a buzz in the Twittersphere. It appears that if you are a “nice,” socially compassionate, “modern” thinker the right of a small but highly organized and vocal minority to do what they want trumps what has been traditionally denied to them, for better or for worse …

Now it seems that the freedom to do “what feels right for you” in the privacy of your own home is not good enough for this contingency in American politics; individual preference needs to be pushed aside for compulsory collective acceptance of what was previously seen as deviant, socially-UNacceptable

Patriots: For all those people like Elizabeth Warren and Hillary Clinton, who claim that “trickle-down” economics does not work, think about this: Wherever there’s a private business, you will find people with strong work ethics and good ideas who have taken risks. They sacrificed, they worried, and they worked. They borrowed money and paid interest which was loaned out to others in need. They paid taxes that paid for policemen and bridges, and roads. When they grew, they hired and provided jobs, and paid wages and benefits. Yes, millions of people benefited because the hard work and risks these people took TRICKLED DOWN into the community. It’s liberalism that’s not working, not capitalism or trickle-down economics. Liberalism that seeks to destroy what others have